FIRST TIME REACTING TO | EVA CASSIDY "SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW" REACTION

[@rongotwalt4487]

This was a live performance in a small club just before she passed away later that same year ! Eva Cassidy is absolutely captivating and mesmerizing in her vocal delivery ! One of the most underrated and sadly unknown singers in the USA ! Her stardom came posthumously when she was heard over the airwaves on BBC 2 in the UK two years later ! Shortly afterwards, the compilation album Songbird climbed to the top of the UK Albums Chart, almost three years after its initial release. The chart success in the United Kingdom and Ireland led to increased recognition worldwide. Her posthumously released recordings, including three number-one albums and one number-one single in the UK, have sold more than ten million copies.[ Amazingly the UK brought the attention to the world of this tremendous singer and I am very thankful for that ! She should be an American treasure and years later the world has taken notice ! I would suggest her rendition of "Fields of Gold " and "Songbird " as other wonderful songs to react to ! Personally I want to thank you for introducing Eva to your listeners and all the You Tube community it is so much appreciated ! Keep up the great work and keep posting my friend ! Your channel is so important and needed in the You Tube world ! Sending mush thanks and love from Canada ! 👍🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️❤️❤️

[@mikeplott4817]

Thanks Ron I couldn’t say it any better 100% agree with everything you wrote 👍🙏👣

[@jonathanwetherell3609]

The late, great, Sir Terry Wogan championed her on his BBC Radio 2 Breakfast program.

[@trailrunplanet]

The small club where all her songs were recorded was owned by Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac) who organized the recordings and pushed the recordings to be played on BBC2. Before she died Mick organized her meetings with recording companies but they wanted to change her sound and arrangements so she turned them down.

[@raeanngodfrey6986]

@@trailrunplanet Mick Fleetwood knew she had the goods. If record companies had embraced her ability to sing any style instead of trying to pigeon hole her to once genre she would have been an epic star.

[@stevebengel1346]

​@@trailrunplanetsorry, Blues Alley wasn't owned Fleetwood, Mick owned a restaurant called Fleetwood's in Alexandria Virginia

[@moparman1962]

Eva sang this song live at Blues Alley in D.C. in 1996...she was very sick and in pain from advanced stage cancer at the time which was the reason for the break in her voice during the last line of the song, yet she still delivered an amazing performance. Eva died at age 33 shortly after this was recorded. Since her death all of her previously unheard recordings have been released on several CD's and download and streaming services. Every one of her songs is well worth having and listening to...Eva was truly an old soul and a deeply emotional and powerful singer.

[@derekmaddox7236]

She sings this song with such longing. She knows this magical place exists, where your dreams really do come true. She wants to go there, but she can't. Not yet. A few months later, however, she made it over the rainbow.

[@brittreacts]

🥺🥺

[@DDD-dt4zc]

She has one of the most mesmerizing voices I've ever heard..my first wife who also passed away young, absolutely adored Eva. We played this song and her version of Songbird at her wake..Eva was absolutely a brilliant interpreter and conveyor of true emotion. RIP

[@ZebedeeBoss]

Nothing else compares to this version. Truly awesome. Makes me cry every time I hear it.

[@hoopfool8]

I think this is the best cover of any song, EVER. Perfection.

[@debrarenteria8167]

To quote Eva Cassidy: "I can only sing the songs I want to sing". She would not be categorized. RIP beautiful Eva. Thank you for your lovely reaction.

[@333Judy333]

I adore Eva Cassidy; she died so young. I own every recording she (or her family) has released. She had such a special gift! I'm from the Washington DC area, and she performed in DC quite often.

[@kd8199]

I am so glad you have reacted to this vocal legend. I never met Eva but I knew her Aunt Isabel Bligh and her grandmother Cass Cassidy. So many of our friends knew Eva before she died. It’s always been bittersweet to know the world did not discover her until she passed away from cancer. All three are now deceased. Great reaction! All of her covers on the Songbird album should be heard. Her guitar playing was exceptional too. She had perfect pitch and excellent voice control.

[@sherina-leeheatlie8471]

I couldn't agree more! Not only a beautiful soul but a clear musical genius with an unbelievable talent of connecting to her audience.

[@softshoes]

Fields of Gold. When I hear I cry like a baby. RIP Eva, you were gone to soon.

[@williambill5172]

Rest in sweet peace, Eva!

[@lesgray8709]

Here you have a true artist. She draws in your attention and then tells you a story - there are very few like her...

[@jeanmader2302]

She is like, tripping over the notes...gently. Now, no one else can trip this gently. I like the little notes she tucks into places with her guitar. As an artist with paint, I wish I could capture this feeling in a painting.

[@osovagabundo1]

Her Fields of Gold is a favorite of Sting's.

[@geirstianaaslund7141]

Even if I am a huge Angelina Jordan fan I have to admit that Eva Cassidy had the most beautiful voice ever. And she was a master in covering songs. Before Angelina's concert in 2019 they played an Eva Cassidy album, so I think Eva is a favorite of Angelina (or someone else in the family)

[@jasonmcclay4022]

I would have not known about Eva Cassidy If it wasn't for Angelina Jordan, they kind of did a mash up together. If you have ever seen Angelina's golden buzzer moment in the background of that music is Eva Cassidy singing somewhere over the rainbow Eva Cassidy. Made me cry when she sang somewhere over the rainbow, because I had heard that she shortly died afterwards ...After that Eva Cassidy certainly has become one of my favorite singers of the past but again I thank Angelina Jordan, for introducing me to all the greats of the past and future and that's including Eva Cassidy.....

[@ed.z.]

A beautiful reaction to a beautiful rendition of a classic performance. Eva wasn’t appreciated in her short life. Now she’s immortal thanks to the folks who can listen and feel the depth of her talent. There is a short video on KZbin of Mick Fleetwood talking about how he tried to get her a break. Her whole story would make a sad but deserving premise. BTW, you are very beautiful.

[@MrDinoWodini]

And on top of that stunning vocal display....she was suffering from a cold.

[@po5283]

Her and Israel, both do such an amazing job with taking this iconic and heavily covered song, and somehow making it their own!!!

[@kdmcallister3537]

PHENOMENAL, yet poignant...vocal beauty and classic instrumentalist, especially in chord progressions. Truly magnificent.

[@edwardhart8449]

Somewhere is probably the most covered song ever. It has been covered by everyone. Eva is the best

[@pucknuts33]

The voice and the guitar so intterwoven to perfection, Jusy Garland's version never made me cry but I CANNOT hear Eva without bawling like an idiot....perfection. RIP

[@butchkerley]

Eva Cassidy is hands down the greatest singer I've ever heard - So many of her songs are slow beautiful ballads that simply melt you but don't be deceived - this lady could sing any style and could really Bring It - Just listen to her duets with Chuck Brown "Drown In My Own Tears " and " You Don't Know Me " plus her solos " Oh Had I a Golden Thread " and Blues In The Night - And to top it listen to her rendition of " Autumn Leaves " which is my personal favorite and is IMO the greatest live performance Ever

[@markmacdonald8512]

Steve, another very good singer that I believe doesn't get the credit she's due is Suzy Bogguss. Try a listen to her kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJewkJ2kiJKAoLs

[@apefu]

I half heard her 'Fields of Gold' way back on some internet radio stream and instantly started to look for the album. It is such a feel.

[@stevenediger7945]

I was taking a shower when I first heard it. I had to turn off the water and just listen .

[@dagmar.6954]

That was such a beautiful rendition of this song. So sad that she is no longer with us. She died at only 33 years of age. I also love the version by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole. Sadly he also died young at 38 years of age. At least we have their music left as a legacy.

[@richcunningham5467]

Britt - So sad that people are now just seeing how beautifully talented and sweet this lady was and to have her life cut so short at such a young age - she would have busted the music world wide open for sure. Her voice was so melodic and sweet - I'm thankful we have her music to keep in our hearts now that she sings with the Angels! RichieC (Atl-Ga)

[@alanpennick1764]

Eva's voice and playing is memorizing

[@mike-N6S]

Eva Cassidy is one of my all-time favorite singers. And her rendition of Tall Trees in Georgia mirrors a relationship from my younger days and brings back memories every time I hear it.

[@DWilliams-ce8nb]

Eva's ''Blues In The Night'' blows the roof off the joint!!! Few Eva fans know this side of Eva's range. Check it out!

[@mnfowler1]

Judy Garland first sang this song on screen in "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). She sang it many times during her career, including on TV. Eva Cassidy has wonderful, playful phrasing, stopping and starting in inventive places. (I like her turning "the rainbow, way..." into "the rainbow way" because her way was, indeed, the rainbow way.) Her guitar playing is masterful. I like how the instrumental supports her voice. At the end of the song, the "happy little bluebirds" come in on the guitar just before she begins singing about them.

[@cjpreach]

Love me some Eva Cassidy. R.I.P., girl.

[@darcylyons4313]

Eva every time I hear her sing I get the chills💙

[@duke2651]

I found Eva 3 years ago. She was very special...and not just her voice. She was a good person too. Be well, dear, Duke (If you weren't married and I wasn't old I would chase ya til ya caught me!) :)

[@Chris-ArmyPilot]

Eva owns this song! RIP Beautiful woman.

[@eddieevans6692]

A little over 20 years ago on a cross country trip from Atlanta to Los Angeles with my adolescent son, we had stoped for gas somewhere out west. A nice lesbian couple at the next pump asked if we had far to drive. When I told them we had another 1000 miles or so, they reached into their console and pulled out the Eva Cassidy CD that contains this song. Take this, they said. It will make your journey more pleasant. I was pretty touched at their generosity even though I had never heard of Eva Cassidy before. As we drove away, I popped the CD into the player. They were right. It made the rest of the trip much more pleasant.

[@williamthomas7509]

Eva was simply incredible and those who got to see her in person were truly blessed. She reached out and grabbed you with her first notes and held on while taking you on a musical journey that is hard to accurately describe.

[@enzodiadema5650]

She was also an exceptional musician, as well as a singer like few others. Sing in heaven, sweet Eva! ❤

[@haraldkunstmann6455]

You have to hear her voice on a quality stereo system. It's mesmerizing.

[@lurx2024]

Most people are so blown away by her voice and the choices she makes with it, they overlook the quality of her guitar playing. The guitar probes the melody to flesh out some very interesting choices as well. It's almost like she's performing a duet with herself, given the depth, quality and complexity of both of her "voices".

[@GeriatricHippo]

and she had started to play guitar less than two years before that concert. She really was a truly amazing talent.

[@pamagnolia]

Gorgeous rendition! Lovely voice and guitar work.

[@tomwhite4736]

Incredible performance from the great EVA CASSIDY RIP.

[@joycewalbert1413]

You are right! She was singing it at a little "spot" called Blues Alley in DC.😘

[@debrafox5576]

She had melanoma that metastasized and she also had a cold that night, but that is the sadness she was singing. Eva Cassidy is a national treasure! This will be played at my funeral.

[@MichaelStJohn-dk8mt]

The character who sings the song is Dorothy. Dorothy tells us "There is no place like Home" That is the place that is over the rainbow. Home.

[@greggary7217]

I love this from Eva, she’s always superb and it’s always good to see someone discover her. This to me is a master class in vocal dynamics and phrasing. ✌🏻

[@poolhallshark]

Great reaction, Britt. I think that Eva understood at this stage that her time was short. She passed away less than a year after this recording. So sad it makes you wanna cry. Love from Norway ♥♥♥

[@traog]

I don't know if her singing brings tears to my eyes because it is so beautiful or because I know that she passed away so young with so much more that could have come from her. The first song I heard from her was "Fields of Gold", it is a song by one of my favourite artists Sting, it is one of Stings best, but Eva's version is breath taking.

[@markmacdonald8512]

I read that when he first heard her sing it he was riding in a car in California and the person he was riding with (don't remember, wife , girlfriend?) said I want you to listen to this and when he did he had the person pull over and he cried.

[@lauradostaler3348]

@@markmacdonald8512 you are thinking of the song Nightbird by Doug MacLeod. When he heard her version he started weeping and never played the song again. When asked to play it he tells people she's the one you should listen to.

[@markmacdonald8512]

@@lauradostaler3348 After reading your comment I did more research on it and yes I believe that you are correct. Although, the article that I read ( and it wasn't a comment, it was an article) must have mixed it up because it did say that it was Sting and not MacLeod.

[@js33412]

Thank you, thank you for fixing the audio! I listened to this rendition just last night and noted how sad it was, before I called up her bio and found out about the cancer. This song could never be sung more beautifully than she did. And, her guitar playing was fantastic. RIP.

[@bengtskytte8789]

She now that she not have so long time to live.. You can hear it. Just love her voice.

[@brittreacts]

So sad and yes, a lovely voice

[@melodyannherringmcneely7842]

No, she had had a malignant mole removed years before this was recorded in January of 1996. She was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma in June or July and she died November 2 of that same year.

[@robertwilson6144]

That last note she flattens into a blue note… amazingly!

[@Tony-yp7ok]

She didn’t actually flatten the note, it’s the same last note as in the original melody but she changed the chord underneath it to give it a different feeling to what you were expecting, before resolving to the final chord. It’s the definitive version of this song for me, I never paid any attention to the lyrics before hearing Eva’s take on it. Very moving.

[@skipbohrer]

Thanks!

[@jimfryer1]

Hey Britt, nice analysis, especially of the emotive aspects of Eva's rendition Thanks! She also played very nice guitar accompaniment to her vocal, all of which is her own arrangement.

[@jimmylee1776]

Many people (voice trainers etc) are over-reacting to Eva Cassidy singing “ Over the Rainbow”. Eva is a great musician who understands the lyrics of the song & the emotions that go with the songs. Every song Eva sang became her song. Listen to the way she sang Autumn Leaves, Danny Boy, Chain of Fools etc etc. Her version of these songs are the best. RIP Eva. God bless you & keep you.

[@SirHoff-hj6jk]

Lost her so, so too soon. One of my comfort artists. She singing you a hug.

[@cydniebehrends5328]

Britt, with this authentic reaction, you just became my favorite! Love watching your critiques.

[@garyfallows1123]

It always makes me smile to watch people's reaction to this Angel's voice, taken way too soon RIP

[@steinarthomassen3251]

Bjuteful song at Eva..rest in pise🌹💟.It,s only Eva i comper whit Angelina and Aurora..💟

[@refinedpenedits]

Please do more Eva music. She was amazing.

[@forerunner8]

Britt I love your take on this song. Eva Cassidy was such a beautiful singer.

[@anthonyrenda7725]

The most beautiful version of this song ever recorded.

[@Momspennies2]

Well Lookey here! I was just going to suggest this one to you and it popped up as a suggested video so here are I am! I found Eva late in life by way of some CDs that we received in my Sister in laws estate. She truly was an unknown here in the USA until she was discovered by DC Go-Go Artist Chuck Brown. He was getting ready to feature her in one of his shows when she became very sick and then passed away at a very young age from cancer. The world is finally waking up to the beauty that this special soul exuded through her music, She was a great blues singer but really could sing anything and it would sound like gold being poured over you. Incidentally, the first time I heard this one, was through a video that used graphics of the world we live in and all it's beauty. As she reached the crescendo in the song I burst out in tears knowing she is now in Heaven and I still cry every time I hear that part. What a loss for the people of the world and at the same time, what a gift she left for us. Listen to her version of WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD. ♥

[@greenphoenix687]

She always makes me tear up due to the beauty in her delivery of any song. But this one tugs deeply, as always reminds me of my late sister.

[@Peter-yj8fj]

I hate listening to this song,I have watched it over maybe fifty times and every time it sends shivers to my very soul ,it is so beautiful and makes me weep that this lady passed so early.

[@lindacox3062]

The best anyone has ever performed this song. Truly from her heart. So sad she is gone.😹😹

[@jennysimons2865]

She sings it like it is a song about longing. Which it is. This is a song of everyone, even birds can go over the rainbow where skies are blue...but not her. Thank you for your reaction.

[@davidpahlka6301]

I don't know if I am more impressed by her voice or her guitar playing. She seems to make you feel every note how she draws it out. It's the first I heard of her thanks to Paul McCartney who said she was one of his top five singers!

[@michaelkearney2186]

You were clearly moved by Eva’s voice. It’s hard not to be. RIP

[@rshappy123]

Thank you for that beautiful and insightful reaction to Eva. You are spot on.

[@bartdrennon1764]

I'm glad you noted the quality of her guitar work. I enjoy it as much as her vocals.

[@douglasheath411]

This is about the tenth different reaction to this I have heard in the past two weeks. I want to say, if I hear this a thousand more times, I will be forced to burst into tears of joy every time within the first four notes she plays on that guitar. If someon was to drill holes into my tear ducts, the water would not flow any easier. I am so totally moved by this woman's passion and ability to interpret a song by her singing and guitar playing. So so sad that in her time it was so hard to find a Record Label that would agree to record all the different genres she wanted to sing in. Even the company that recorded this actually failed. She passed away from cancer shortly after this was recorded back in 1996. I believe the song was originally written for the movie The Wizzard of Oz and sung beautifully by the very young Judy Garland who was the star of the movie, back in 1939. Others have recorded the song very nicely, in particular in recent years by Tommy Emmanuel strictly as a guitar instrumental. He did it very much in a style that paralleled Judy's singing of it. But you know God has a way of taking someone very specially gifted by Him, and transcending it through time from 1996 to to a World that needs to be touched and lifted out of very troubling times because of a wicked World, and making this song one of the most emotionally transformed things of beauty, even 28 years after her tragic death. Eva Cassidy went from covering this song to completely owning it and by doing so has changed many many lives for the better, AMEN and AMEN.

[@jamesdrynan]

Music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Yip Harburg, the song was written for Judy Garland to sing in The Wizard of Oz from 1939. MGM executives cut the song from the movie because they thought it slowed down the film. The producer, Arthur Freed, told L. B. Mayer, " The song stays, or I go. " He won. All that to say what this young lady does with the song is magical, reinventing the melody with a poignancy few have ever reached.

[@ExclusiveLM]

This performance is from 27 years ago and it sounds like it was recorded yesterday. the sound mixing, reverb, and guitar mic mixing is perfect. She understood how to do perfect sound mixing, as well as perfect guitar playing and singing. She died later that year from cancer in 1996 at the age of 33. RIP.

[@amandaknight4440]

Just beautiful

[@marshawolfe2948]

This is absolutely beautiful

[@vittoriolancia5365]

It's more than sad. It's profound, deep.

[@KenChawkin]

Brett, you just discovered one of the rarest and most beautiful voices ever recorded. Sadly, Eva left us too soon due to cancer. She knew she was ill when she made this recording, one of a dozen songs she sang that night at the Blues Alley jazz club. If you want to hear her do her magic with another song, listen to her version of Sting's Fields of Gold. Years later after she had gone, Sting discovered Eva's music. He was blown away by her rendition of his song and put a copy of her Songbird CD into record producer David Foster’s hands who quoted him saying, “‘If you want to hear the greatest version of my song ever’-he didn’t say it in an egotistical way-he said, ‘listen to Fields Of Gold with this girl, it’ll change your life.’ And her voice is life-changing, she’s that spiritual.” BTW, when AGT's Heidi Klum hit the Golden Buzzer for Angelina Jordan's version of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody they played Eva Cassidy's version of Somewhere Over The Rainbow. You can hear the lines 'Where dreams really do come true." They certainly did for Angelina that memorable night. Love your animated knowledgeable reactions.

[@melodyannherringmcneely7842]

She sung this in January. She was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma in June or July and then she died in November & all these happened in 1996,. She had had a malignant mole several years earlier & evidently they didn't get all of it because it did come back in her bones and her lungs. She was also playing her acoustic guitar and she had a child the night this was recorded. É--va was very shy but very gifted. She definitely left us way too soon.

[@alnorwood134]

I concur.

[@-R.Gray-]

In The Wizard Of Oz the main trouble Dorothy ( Judy Garland) was facing was that her nasty neighbor, who later became the wicked witch, was going to have her dog Toto destroyed - so the song is almost desperately wistful.

[@ervklein6086]

Beautiful version of a wonderful song.

[@donald1379]

amazing...Eva is a Queen

[@jackpeters9048]

A gorgeous version....wow...

[@jakesmith5278]

What a vocalist. Great guitar player too.

[@dopeymark]

Performed in DC at Blues Alley in around 1996. I live about 10 minutes away. Her version of the song is hard for me to not cry when I hear it.

[@skipbohrer]

Enjoying your Reactions.

[@RobertDeMartin]

Britt, sadly she passed away less than a year after this performance from cancer at 33 years old. Some other subscribers will tell you more details. I will say this is one of the finest performances I have ever heard in my life. There's another song she sang which I know you will enjoy, 'Field's of Gold'. And, for your added pleasure there is a mashup of 'Field's of Gold with Eva singing along with our girl, Angelina Jordan. To say it's spectacular is an understatement. Britt, love your reactions and your style. See you soon.

[@alanconroy]

This was recently played at the funeral of a close friend and until then I would never have thought of this song in that context

[@maggymayi2]

This was performed in a Blues Club and a friend of hers videotaped it. You have now heard one of the most beautiful voices to have walked the Earth. Sting said his song "Fields of Gold" now belongs to her as her rendition made it hers! Her cover of Autumn Leaves, brings me to my knees. Rest in piece Eva!

[@browniewin4121]

This is the most poignant and heartfelt rendition of this song. Her beautiful voice and guitar playing are perfect together. Sadly, she died in 1996 of cancer at only 33yrs of age not long after performing at The Blues Alley for the last time. She only became widely known after her death. She could never be pigeonholed. She sang folk, jazz, blues, and more.

[@flatoutt1]

just love your sensitive perception of reading an artist and song .what i get is a sad hopelessness coming through .she's telling about what could be ,but a sort of recognition and acceptance that she's going to miss out . "why can't i" says to me she's saying i can't do it .apparently she died a short while after this at 33 years.it's like she's already accepted her prognosis and is already mourning her coming demise

[@angelskunk2206]

Oh my gosh! You HAVE to check out her cover of Fields of Gold!! 🔥❤️🔥❤️ Also Songbird-my song to my late sister, Laura, whom I miss so much ❤ Eva’s star was just rising when she found out she had terminal cancer. She sang this at her farewell concert 💔

[@Rickd-k7h]

Thegreatest voice nobody ever heard bri, watch her docu. RIP EVA

[@michaelfreedman1006]

I have been to many funerals... They all had this version playing.

[@edwinjdunn7224]

Thank you for doing this reaction and bringing Eva Cassidy to all of your listeners! I’m glad other watchers of your channel gave you some of Eva‘s story. Elton John has said her voice is one of the three best female voices he’s ever heard. Just to remind you about the original context of Over the Rainbow… The young girl, Dorothy Gale felt that no one understood her. It was that point in the plot that Dorothy sings this song. Of course, the great Judy Garland made her film debut in the Wizard of Oz, this 1939 film. Her character, Dorothy, sang this emotional thought… If only I could go over the rainbow where troubles melt like lemon drops… . The producers almost did not include this musical number because they thought it was so depressing. In the original release, it wasn’t included. It was edited out. Fortunately, it was placed back in. But the emotion was of mournful longing and desire to be away from home. By the end of the film, Dorothy realizes that there is no place like home. Do you remember that quote. How ironic, how amazing that as Eva Cassidy sang this song, she hadn’t a year left to live. Tragic. What a loss to the world. it’s amazing that you did this reaction this month. Eva‘s first orchestral album was just released. You can hear it on Spotify. It’s so brand spanking new. The technology finally exists in which Eva’s vocals have been lifted from some of her best recordings, and combined with the London symphony, orchestra. March, 2023, has seen Eva Cassidy’s newest album released. It debuted at number nine on the UK charts. I think her vocal and emotional range is shown in the selection, Autumn Leaves, if you would want to react to that.

[@peterbulloch4611]

This is going to be played at my funeral. And everyone better cry!!

[@raeanngodfrey6986]

She had battled cancer for quite sometime. her Over the Rainbow was knowing that she would fly free from pain. Her ability to capture that emotion thru this song is astounding.

[@socalmike99]

Greatest singer of all time. Sorry. She just is.

[@billymccue8597]

Eva has perfect pitch which is so rare. Sadly she died at 33 and never had a recording contract. All her songs are live and she plays such great guitar.

[@andrewmorton9327]

Actually many of her songs were recorded at Chris Biondo’s studio.

[@wa1zlv]

I try to watch all of the reviews of Eva, and particularly "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". I'm an old man, and this one still tears me up. Interestingly, she didn't consider herself a good guitar player, but her arraignment on this just added so much to it. Just to give you an idea of the kind of person she was, knowing her time here on Earth was limited, she wanted to do a show to thank all of her local fans. She was in a lot of pain in the end and with morphine as her friend, she did the show. The very first track she played....."What a Wonderful World". As to this one, whatever her reasons, I very much would like to go to the place she is singing about!!

[@texasron9131]

How could you not know Judy Garland’s iconic version of this classic tune! For Shame! This child’s sweet version is also incredible!

[@christianmattison6096]

Eva Cassidy completely took over anything she sang making it her own. Judy Garland's rendition was sung from a little girls perspective. Like so many of her covers, Eva completely transformed it to bear the weight of the deep cares and burdens of a grown woman. Please, Please, Please, check out her rendition of "The Autumn Leaves", "Fields of Gold", and "Stormy Monday" you will NOT be disappointed! I promise!! "Stormy Monday" in particular demonstrates the sheer power of her Pipes and the depths of her blues!

[@williambrennan8197]

Agreed. Love her cover of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" ... takes you on a real journey. She is the best !

[@barryread3672]

I didn’t read all the comments so my take of the break in her voice at the end of the song is that she was sick leading up to and during this performance. She has the voice of an angel. She is probably doing a lot of solos in heaven right now with the angelic choir.

[@barryjohnson1393]

Peerless version of this song...and you're exactly right: it's a melancholy song at heart. What a gift. Still makes me sad that she died so young.

[@johnsonpaul1914]

Wizard of Oz. Sung by Judy Garland 1939 . Oscar for best song of the year

[@randallshuck2976]

I love Eva's style. I am sorry that I didn't know about her before she passed. I got into her as a comparison to the singers with Celtic Woman from Ireland. As much as I love a lot of their songs I really love her versions of their standards. Another vocalist you might like is Lisa Kelly from the Celtic Woman. Lisa and Eva do great renditions of "Fields of Gold". That was my first exposure to them both and both of their versions, while different, are exceptional.